Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
EGFR
Associated Variants
EGFR MUTATION
EGFR MUTATION
Associated Disease
Tumor Progression
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
One mechanism by which EGFR promotes tumor progression is by activating signal cascades that lead to loss of E-cadherin, a transmembrane glycoprotein of the cell-cell adherence junctions; however mediators of these signaling cascades are not fully understood.
Pubmed
25622907
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_1/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
2
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0257869778476288
Drugs